Iona Marsaa Teeguarden

Iona Marsaa Teeguarden, M.A., has been a jin shin do acupressure therapist and teacher since 1972. Iona's writings and her teachig, throughout the United states and in Europe, have gained her international recognition as an authority on acupressure. Her dedication to the development jin shin do has resulted in its emergence as a powerful force within the health arts.

Iona sutded with many masters of acupressure, acupuncture, and other Oriental helath arts, including: Michio Kushi, Herman Aihara, Mary Iino Burmeister, Jean-Claude Thomas, Kok Yuen Leung, Johng Kyu Lee, Se Han Kim, and Sung Jin Park in America, and Haruki Kato, Katsusuke Serizawa, and Kohtaro Wada in Japan, where she spent the summer of 1976 researching jin shin do. She is the director of the Jin Shin Do Foundation for Bodymind Acupressure, which is located in Palo Alto, California.

Jin shin do was made to make magic in the any. This book presents some basics of the art, in a simple form easily employed by the layperson. For qualilfied instruction on the details and professional applications of jin shin do acupressure, seek instruction from an authorized, certificated teacher,who will prominently display the jin shin do (trademark) symbol. For directory of authorized teachers and registered practitioners throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe, write to the Jin Shin Do Foundation for Bodymind Acupressure, P.O. Box 1097, Felton, California 95018.

Contents

Preface
1 The chapter of conception
What is jin shin do?
Jin-compassion
Shin-spirit
Do-Tao or way
How does jin shin do work?
2 The governing chapter
The Tao of bodywork
Yin and yang, a spiral of change
Examples of yin-yang change
Ki, the vital life force
Jin shin do: Ki release and redirection
3 Knowing ourselves
The yin and yang of human expectations
The yin and yang of our physical conditions
Where have we come from?
Who have we become?
4 Magic in your fingertips: the inner art of channeling ki
Becoming aware of the hara
Positions for hara breathing meditation
Concentrating ki in the center of vitality
Mental attitudes and meditation
Using the hands to channel ki
5 The strange flows of acupressure
Rivers and streams in the body
Lakes and channels in the body
Direction of ki flow through the eight channels
Great regulator channel (yin and yang wei mo)
Great bridge channel (yin and yang chiao mo)
Great central channel (jen mo and tu mo)
Penetrating and belt channels (ch'ang mo and tai mo)
6 Discovering thirty main acu-points
Locations and functions of the thirty main jin shin do treatment points
7 The treatment touch
The middle way
Wei-wu-wei: The relaxed way of doing
Treatment postions
Beginning to do acupressure release-Lower back and abdomen; Neck and face; Shoulders; Upper back and chest; Pelvic area and heels; Basic neck release; Short centering release; Final balancing step; Self-treatment; Simple central channel release
8 How to give a jin shin do acupressure treatment
A release shorthand
Treatment format
Releasing the strange flows-Great regulator channel; Great bridge channel ; Great central channel; belt and penetrating channels;
Neck release
End of treatment patterns-Centering release; Final balancing step
Body area release-Basic back release; Shoulder release; Clear thinking release; Abdominal release; Deep breathing release; Variations on deep breathing release; Potency treatment; Female regulationg release
Great yin sei release
Great yang sei release
9 An ancient, new age approach to the emotions
Alternatives to armoring
The emotions and ki-Anger; Grief; Fear; Worry; Reminiscence; Shock; Hysteria
Concluding thoughts
Bibliography
Index… (altro)

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